We are pleased to help present the illustrious Erykah Badu’s upcoming mini tour, The Science of Addiction Tour 2011AD. To celebrate, we will be giving away tickets to her Los Angeles and San Francisco shows, occurring on December 8th and December 9th, respectively. Find event details as well as information on how to enter our contests below!

Giant Step teams up with Steve Madden Music once again to celebrate a great summer full of the best up and coming artists. Kicking off the series will be London’s latest genre-bending pop sensation, Katy B, giving us an exclusive, stripped down performance with special guest DJ Dhundee on Monday, June 27th, 7:00pm-9:00pm at Le Bain at The Standard New York. The event is the perfect chance to get to know this rising star whose success in the UK has propelled her from the dance charts to the pop charts, and onto the Rolling Stone Artist To Watch list along the way.

Entrance is free, but strictly RSVP for this event – so come out and bring a friend.

Woo! Best Buy rules for this. All summer long, they are hosting what they call “Live @ Best Buy,” which is a live in-store series featuring talented local musicians. It was actually conceived by a store employee – pretty awesome. More awesome? It’s free. This Friday, Best Buy is hosting one of their featured performances with Joe Claussell, a forward thinker and legendary soulful house music producer and DJ. You may have heard us talk about his recent release, Hammock House: Africa Caribe, which came out mid-May on Fania Records. Perhaps you even attended our record release event with him! 6pm at the Union Square Best Buy – this performance isn’t one you’ll want to miss.

Every year Giant Step’s SummerStage party is hailed as one of the best summer events in New York, and every year we try to outdo ourselves searching far and wide for the best musicians we can find. This year we decided to go on the soul and funk tip with performances by Lee Fields And The Expressions, Fitz And The Tantrums, Andreya Triana (US debut), and a very special DJ set from our friend Rich Medina.

Doors to SummerStage open at 3:00pm, on Saturday, June 25th. Use the 72nd St. entrance to Central Park when you come out and bring the whole family because an event this special only happens once a year.

The new Jill Scott album The Light of the Sun is coming soon enough that the diva hosted an exclusive party in NYC last night, performing hot new tracks along with some of her classics. Check out this footage via Please Don’t Stare via The Life Files.